If you think that saying ‘I don’t know’ means you’re a failure (because you’re paid to know, you ought to know) then you will never learn anything.... continue reading
Parents have a built in feedback loop for emotions in their children. We cuddle them when they cry; we tell them to “stop being silly” when they get hysterical with giggles and can’t stop. And we instinctively protect them from experiencing the “excessive” emotions of sadness, grief, disappointment.... continue reading
Our bookshelves say a lot about who we are - what ideas have lived with us, challenged us and formed us. ... continue reading
My mom once said prayer was like learning another language. If you grew up with parents who prayed regularly in the home, it would feel natural—like a native language. But if you waited, it became harder to learn. It wasn’t that you couldn’t learn to pray, but it would take more time for it to feel natural. It might feel foreign or odd and somewhat uncomfortable at first.... continue reading
Family life is predictably unpredictable. It is chaotic and confused.... continue reading
We corrupt everything we touch. That's a teaching of Calvinism, and we sure are proving it.... continue reading
Lent is struggling a little. It’s not really coping with our changing times. It’s slipped out of our cultural consciousness. Conversely, Lent’s little brother Advent seems to be doing jolly well.... continue reading
It’s the reason you click on those Buzzfeed articles like “13 Breakfast Cereals that Every 90s Kid Will Remember” or “17 Stationery Items We Need to Bring Back”.
It’s the cause of the hype behind the trailer for Disney’s new remake of The Lion King.
It’s the reason the last book I finished reading was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
That’s right: I’m talking about nostalgia.... continue reading
For a writer, it sounded like a dream assignment: sit down with eleven strangers, interview them about how they became a Christian, and write up their stories into an evangelistic book of testimonies for our partner organisation, Christianity Explored Ministries.... continue reading
Why do you keep books on your shelf?... continue reading
